We’ve just finished posting our Mozy 2.0 review – check out all the new features Mozy has added in the latest version of their online backup software, including local backup to an external hard drive!
With these new features, Mozy has become the first online backup service to receive a full 5-star rating from OnlineBackupsReview.com
Carbonite online backup users can now access their backed-up data anytime, anywhere, via their BlackBerry.
Users of the popular BlackBerry smartphone can browse through their backup set, view common files (such as PDFs, images, Excel and Word docs) and share files quickly via email using Carbonite’s BlackBerry application.
In addition, Carbonite’s iPhone app has been updated, giving users the ability to sign up for a free trial from within the app and some new icons.
Carbonite offers unlimited online backups for $54.95 / year.
Storagepipe shares with us a video infographic explaining the importance of data protection, including online backup with encryption and data recovery.
It’s a great video explaining why it’s important to encrypt your data, back it up, test your backups, and what could happen to your business if you don’t have reliable backups.
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In case you missed the news last week, Mozy has officially opened up service to the UK and Ireland.
As an Internet-based company, this announcement may seem surprising. After all, users in the UK and Ireland could previously backup their data with Mozy. However, with closer data centers now available, users in the UK and Ireland can expect to see faster upload speeds.
In addition, users are now able to pay in their local currency. While £4.99 per month for unlimited backup is still a bargain, it’s still a 52% premium over $4.99 USD users were paying before. That additional cost gives users faster access to their data (thanks to physically closer data centers) and better security, thanks to stricter UK data security standards.
Users can signup for Mozy in the UK at mozy.co.uk or in Ireland at mozy.ie.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen some incredible things in this world (more on this later). To be with nature and stare in awe of its magnificence is something we should all stop and do once & a while.
Online Backups Review is committed to working with Mother Earth, so today we’re making two announcements:
First, we’ve made a donation to CarbonFund.org, offsetting the carbon footprint of our servers & small office for the next year. While we don’t have as many servers as some of the big online backup companies, we’ve glad to be doing our part.
Second, from today (Earth Day) through Arbor Day (Friday the 30th) we will plant a tree for every Mozy account signed up through us. It’s really simple… get your 15% Mozy promotional code, which tracks the customer came from us. Then working with the Arbor Day Foundation,U.S. Forest Service, and National Association of State Foresters, we’ll have a tree planted for each paid order from April 22nd through April 30th.
This program is being run exclusively by OnlineBackupsReview.com; trees will only be purchased and planted for paid orders referred by us. The best way to do this is to use our Mozy promotional code and save 15% with your order.
Save 15%, save your data, save the planet. Everybody wins.
JungleDisk, the popular online backup service which stores your files with Amazon S3 (read our JungleDisk review), has released an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Now, you can view your photos, download important documents, or listen to your mp3 collection while you’re on the go.
In addition to releasing their app today, JungleDisk is giving away an iPad! Simply answer via Twitter, What do you want to access anywhere?
and include @jungledisk and #jungledisk in your tweet. There will be two drawings on April 6th and April 9th.
Rumors started flying a couple days ago that Mozy is Working on a Windows Home Server Software Client for their unlimited MozyHome service. At that time, we didn’t report on it as there was little proof to the claim, other than an email from an unnamed tech support employee:
Our Research team is working to develop a client for Windows Home Server for MozyHome customers. Once it is developed you can switch back to MozyHome and back up Windows Home Server.
However, when I reached out to Mozy to get an official statement, they replied:
Mozy supports Windows (Home) Server with its MozyPro offering, not MozyHome. We do not have any plans at this time to include server support in our MozyHome offering.
So, if you’re running WHS, don’t expect to be able to use MozyHome anytime soon.
Backblaze released version 1.0.6 of their client software this month, and users should be seeing the rollout very soon. To improve performance, the new version Reduces network traffic between client and Backblaze data center.
There are also improvements to the Mac client, handling errors during installation and other small fixes.
Read our Backblaze review for more about this top-rated online backup service.
We learned that today, Gigmax is officially launching their Windows online storage service. Gigmax claims remote access, file sharing, and off-site backup as a few of their features.
Gigmax.com, LLC was established in August 2005 with the intent of making it easier for people to store and transfer files without having to carry around any tangible object, such as USB flash drives.
Also, rather than emailing files to yourself and then having a bunch of different emails with a bunch of different files, the goal of Gigmax.com was to have users just store all their files in one place.
You can get 2GB for free, or pay up to $24.99 / month for 150GB, with other options avilable in-between.
Gigmax’s “Community” section is interesting. There, you can see the most popular shared file, the top users, and stats on the various types of files shared. Currently, images, executibles, and a few mp3s are in the top 25 downloaded files.
While Gigmax lists off-site backup as a feature, the process isn’t automatic, like other online backup services. You can only save the files to your Gigmax drive, whereas services like Mozy or Backblaze will backup all of the data on your computer.
If you’re looking for some online storage space, Gigmax may be for you. Just be careful what files you have set as private, versus public.
SugarSync, a 4-star rated online backup service, recently announced support to upload files via email. Now, any file that is attached to an email can be saved in your SugarSync account. In addition, the files are scanned for viruses upon arriving at SugarSync. The email address can be kept private, or shared with colleagues to allow them to upload files into your account.
In addition to this new product offering, and to support the large accounts of some users, they are also adding a new pricing level: $39.99 / month for 500GB of storage.
Read our review of SugarSync, or visit SugarSync.com to learn more.
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